Bontarō Miake Movies

1946 Japanese movie.

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of...

A heartwarming comedy about Osaka’s slowest taxi driver who searches all over the city for the missing daughter of a former general who has...

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

A man and a woman whose love is forbidden due to a feud between their parents resolve to die together and head to the island of Sado.

A woman saves a man from throwing himself into a mountain lake after being cornered by his yakuza friends.

A moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young...

A lively, energetic film featuring a cast of up-and-coming actors, depicting the worries and joys of youth, friendship, and romance.

A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.

A passionate, righteous journalist, burning with indignation, draws his gun of justice in response to the death of his fellow photographer.

On the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in...

A lighthearted comedy featuring city dwellers flocking to a remote mountain hot spring inn, all entangled in the mystery of hidden gold bars.

In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his...

1969 Nikkatsu yakuza movie

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...